{{short description|American rower}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Brad Alan Lewis | image = | caption = | fullname = Bradley Alan Lewis | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|November 9, 1954}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's rowing }} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold| 1984 Los Angeles | Men's double sculls }} }}
'''Brad Alan Lewis''' (born November 9, 1954, in Los Angeles, California) is an American competition rower and an Olympic Games gold medalist.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/bradley-lewis-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045229/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/bradley-lewis-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Bradley Lewis |accessdate=May 24, 2015}}</ref>
== Biography == Lewis qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal many years later.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Caroccioli|first1=Tom|last2=Caroccioli|first2=Jerry|title=Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games|date=2008 |publisher=New Chapter Press|location=Highland Park, IL|isbn=978-0942257403|pages=243–253}}</ref> He and his rowing partner Paul Enquist won the gold medal in the double sculls at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. They were the first American rowing crew to win a gold medal in any event since 1964.<ref>Phillips, Angus, 1990-10-30, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110516231042/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1155831.html The Confessed Grinder Lets Us In on a Scull Session], ''The Washington Post''.</ref> He also writes books, including an account of his 13-year Olympic gold medal effort: OLYMPIAN.
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== External links == * [http://www.bradalanlewis.com Brad Alan Lewis's personal website] * [https://www.amazon.com/Olympian-Brad-Alan-Lewis/dp/B094L6WQZZ/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1681425240&sr=8-1 Olympian book by Brad Alan Lewis]
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